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Manhattan Bridge in the fog, again. I love what this wide angle lens can do!

Another pic of the Manhattan Bridge in the fog, this time in the early morning. The Sigma 12-24mm is so wide on a full frame, it really distorts the elements in the photo!

The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn (at Flatbush Avenue Extension). It was the last of the three suspension bridges built across the lower East River, following the Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridges. The bridge was opened to traffic on December 31, 1909 and was designed by Leon Moisseiff, who later designed the infamous original Tacoma Narrows Bridge that opened and collapsed in 1940. It has four vehicle lanes on the upper level (split between two roadways). The lower level has three lanes, four subway tracks, a walkway and a bikeway. The upper level, originally used for streetcars, has two lanes in each direction, and the lower level is one-way and has three lanes in peak direction. It once carried New York State Route 27 and later was planned to carry Interstate 478. No tolls are charged for motor vehicles to use the Manhattan Bridge.
The original pedestrian walkway on the south side of the bridge was reopened after forty years in June 2001. It was also used by bicycles until late summer 2004, when a dedicated bicycle path was opened on the north side of the bridge, again in 2007 while the bike lane was used for truck access during repairs to the lower motor roadway, and for a third time in 2011, when ongoing construction on the north side of the bridge necessitated narrow shelters, narrowing the path to make it unsafe for cycling.

Main span: 1,470 ft (448 m)
Length of suspension cables: 3,224 ft (983 m)
Total length: 6,855 ft (2,089 m)

The neighborhood near the bridge on the Brooklyn side, once known as Fulton Landing has been gentrified and is called DUMBO, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
To celebrate the bridge's centennial anniversary, a series of events and exhibits were organized by the New York City Bridge Centennial Commission in October 2009. These included a ceremonial parade across the Manhattan Bridge on the morning of October 4 and a fireworks display in the evening. In 2009, the bridge was also designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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A view of downtown Manhattan from Brooklyn. Lee Big Stopper + Singh Ray 3 stop filters.

Sunset at North Wind Yard in Barcelona. This is taken from the W Hotel which is an interesting sight in itself.

The composition of this shot is wrong as the horizon cuts the picture in two (it should be 1/3 or 2/3), but I prefer this version as I thought it added perspective to the wall on the left.

A view of lower Manhattan from Brooklyn separated by the East River at night. The bright tower to the right is the Freedom Tower under construction.

I had to take three exposures for this shot otherwise the lights of the Freedom Tower would have overexposed the scene.